Journal article
Contemporary Approach to Writing Non-Linear Online Learning Resources
Journal of Learning Design, Vol.2(2), pp.56-69
2007
Abstract
Many academics continue to approach the multi-path and multi-voiced capacity of the Internet's networked nodal structure as if it were a book with pages and paragraphs and sentences that flow together in one direction to make a whole. A different approach to that of traditional writing, is required to make effective use of the distinctive communicative opportunities offered by networked media. Reconsidering the use of the familiar concept maps is one example. The mapped content can be transferred into table cells in a word processor document rather than into paragraphs. In this way the content author is guided into a non-linear jump-style of writing where meaningful connections are made in multiple directions; a style that is typical of networked media. The purpose of this paper is to provide an introduction to an alternative approach to developing content for learning resources.
Details
- Title
- Contemporary Approach to Writing Non-Linear Online Learning Resources
- Authors
- Margaret Turner (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
- Publication details
- Journal of Learning Design, Vol.2(2), pp.56-69
- Publisher
- Queensland University of Technology
- Date published
- 2007
- DOI
- 10.5204/jld.v2i2.42
- ISSN
- 1832-8342
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2007 Margaret Turner. The original article has been published in the Journal of Learning Design 2007, 2, 56-69, the only accredited archive of the content that has been certified and accepted after peer review. Copyright and all rights therein are retained by the JLD and the author. This published version is reproduced in accordance with this policy.
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449983602621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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